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Goldman Sachs Analyst Interview Experience

Round 1 - OA

Questions: 2 standard LC Medium questions.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 2 - CoderPad Round

Questions:

  1. Highest Avg of marks (Hashmap based)
  2. Rain water trapping similar question
Candidate's Approach

Started with brute force and later optimized. Solved both questions with all test cases passed.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 3 - Data Structures

Questions:

  1. Min meeting rooms required
  2. Tree Based question (medium)
Candidate's Approach

Solved both and was able to code my approaches.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 4 - Software Design and Architecture

Questions:

  1. Design an algorithm that takes a stream of integers and returns the product of the last k integers.
    public int getProductFromStream(int integer)
    Asked for an O(1) solution. Only approach was discussed.
  2. System design fundamentals - scenario-based questions on:
    • Load balancers
    • Scaling
    • Server Optimization
    • DB optimizations
    • Caching
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 5 - Software Engineering Practices

Questions:

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Round 6 - Hiring Manager Round

Questions:

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Note: Haven't heard from the recruiter about the feedback. Application turndown, hiring freeze for the role I interviewed.